IT programming books related reviews
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Understanding Relational Databases with Examples in SQL-92
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Authors: Fabian Pascal
Rating: 5/5
Title: Understanding Relational Databases with Examples in SQL-92
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Authors: Fabian Pascal
Rating: 5/5
Terse and authoritative, but engaging. This book's style may not be for everyone but its content is well worth the effort of study and review. It's short for a book on relational theory, which derives from the author's economy of exposition rather than from a lack of depth or coverage. In reading it I was repeatedly struck with the sense that the author truly understands his subject (he's written over 100 articles on SQL and relational theory for publications like Byte, DBAdvisor, InfoWorld, Oracle Magazine, and SQL Forum). The book assumes that you have some coding or database experience. Understanding Relational Databases is an excellent choice if you want to fully grasp the issues.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: Beginning Php 4 (Programmer to Programmer)
Publisher: Peer Information
Authors: Chris Lea, Allan Kent, Ganesh Prasad, Chris Ullman
Rating: 3/5
Title: Beginning Php 4 (Programmer to Programmer)
Publisher: Peer Information
Authors: Chris Lea, Allan Kent, Ganesh Prasad, Chris Ullman
Rating: 3/5
This book is very well written, but you should know that the code in the book is written with "register_globals" turned on in the php engine. This makes the code insecure and should be turn off. You have to alter to make it work.Look at the errata for more info: http://www.wrox.com/books/errata/0764543 644_errata.shtml
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (With CD-ROM)
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Kalen Delaney
Rating: 2/5
Title: Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2000 (With CD-ROM)
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Authors: Kalen Delaney
Rating: 2/5
This book is a great referrence... but I feel funny judging it. It's like judging an encyclopedia... just another one of MS 'Inside SQL Server' series books. It's a good referrence to keep around, has useful info, and I prefer to read paper over a monitor anyday.... I won't be returning my copy anytime soon. I only gave it a 4 star rating because there is nothing that jumps out and makes this a "gotta have this" type book... but, by all means, it's worthwhile keeping around if you work with SQL 2000 at all.
Product: Book Unknown Binding
Title: Sybase SQL Server 11 Unleashed
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Ray Rankins, Jeff Garbus, David Solomon, Bennett W. McEwan
Rating: 4/5
Title: Sybase SQL Server 11 Unleashed
Publisher: Sams
Authors: Ray Rankins, Jeff Garbus, David Solomon, Bennett W. McEwan
Rating: 4/5
I have used many a technical manual in my day and this is by far the best. You don't need anything else. I have been working with relation database management systems for close to a decade. This book has everything from undocumented DBCC commands to a description of RAID devices to transact sql help. I don't care if you are a developer or a dba get this book. You will not be disappointed.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL Server 7: A Beginner's Guide
Publisher: Osborne Publishing
Authors: Dusan Petkovic
Rating: 4/5
Title: SQL Server 7: A Beginner's Guide
Publisher: Osborne Publishing
Authors: Dusan Petkovic
Rating: 4/5
Since I had no background with SQL Server I carefully chose a beginners guide and am very pleased with this one. I was able to understand all but 2 or 3 short segments of the material and I anticipate using this book as a syntax reference later on. The author's background with databases was evident without being overwhelming. There were at least a dozen mislabeled figures or tables that could be misleading and the first two thirds of the book are heavy going as Transact-SQL is covered but I found the writing consistently accessible. The chapters on Data Warehouses and Data Marts were too sketchy to be of much value but the main point of the book was handily accomplished - the basics of building and managing SQL Server 7 databases. I am reading the MS Press self study guides currently and am glad I started where I did.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: Oracle8i DBA: SQL and PL/SQL Certification Bible
Publisher: Wiley
Authors: Damir Bersinic, Stephen Giles, Susan Ibach, Myles Brown
Rating: 4/5
Title: Oracle8i DBA: SQL and PL/SQL Certification Bible
Publisher: Wiley
Authors: Damir Bersinic, Stephen Giles, Susan Ibach, Myles Brown
Rating: 4/5
I have Sybex and this one. I like this one because it has a lot of exercises. After I pass the examination, I can have confidence to handle the job which is given by my boss.
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: MCDBA SQL Server 7 Administration Study Guide (Book/CD-ROM Set)
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Syngress
Rating: 5/5
Title: MCDBA SQL Server 7 Administration Study Guide (Book/CD-ROM Set)
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill Osborne Media
Authors: Syngress
Rating: 5/5
This book covers the objectives for the SQL Server 7 administration exam in a reasonable way. However, it fails to achieve greatness because it is based on a beta version of SQL Server 7 (probably beta 3), and it came out long before anyone had seen the FINAL version of the Microsoft test. As such, the book has a few flaws and probably fails to cover some of the areas that will be important on the test. Even so, I found the book well worth the money I paid. In fact, unlike some of the other exam guides I've bought in the past, this one will stay on my shelf even after I pass.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: SQL Server 2000 XML Distilled
Publisher: Curlingstone
Authors: Kevin Williams, Bryant Likes, Andrew Novick, Daryl Barnes, Paul Morris, Simon Sabin, Steve Mohr, Andrew Polshaw, Jeni Tennison
Rating: 5/5
Title: SQL Server 2000 XML Distilled
Publisher: Curlingstone
Authors: Kevin Williams, Bryant Likes, Andrew Novick, Daryl Barnes, Paul Morris, Simon Sabin, Steve Mohr, Andrew Polshaw, Jeni Tennison
Rating: 5/5
The title says it all - if you need to work with any aspect of SQL Server 2000 XML support this is the best source. Whether it's the integration of SQL Server and IIS, T-SQL XML extensions or SQLXML3, this book has it all. Full of helpful examples in T-SQL as well as VB6 and VB.NET. There are several other books out there that scratch the surface of XML support in SQL Server, but none of them are as complete as this one. In addition to having a ton of examples this book also does a good job of explaining when to use each supported option. Furthermore, plenty of performance data is provided to help you decide what will work best in your environment.Curlingstone has really taken time to make this book as technically sound as it could be.
Whether you are a developer or a DBA keep this one handy!
Product: Book Hardcover
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Administrator's Companion
Publisher: Microsoft Pr
Authors: John Fronckowiak, Edward Whalen, Marcilina Garcia
Rating: 5/5
Title: Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 Administrator's Companion
Publisher: Microsoft Pr
Authors: John Fronckowiak, Edward Whalen, Marcilina Garcia
Rating: 5/5
This book is very well organized for a new comers to SQL administration.
If you are taken by the title you will be gone for a toss.
However, it is a great book to get your feet wet. Specially if you are planning to go for certification.
Product: Book Paperback
Title: MCSE Database Design on SQL Server 7 Exam Prep (Exam: 70-029)
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: Brad Schulz, Greg Woody, Jose Amado-Blanco, Pam Barker, Christopher Leonard, Christopher A. Leonard, Pamela Barker
Rating: 4/5
Title: MCSE Database Design on SQL Server 7 Exam Prep (Exam: 70-029)
Publisher: Coriolis Group Books
Authors: Brad Schulz, Greg Woody, Jose Amado-Blanco, Pam Barker, Christopher Leonard, Christopher A. Leonard, Pamela Barker
Rating: 4/5
I bought this book as a study guide for my MSDBA certification. What I found was an easy-to-read and understand reference guide which will far outlast the passage of the exam. The answers to the questions are not written within the book but are supposed to be on the CD (supplied); however, I cannot seem to retrieve them. Worth while book. I recommend it for anyone working with SQL Server 7.0.
